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Facebook Considers ‘Kill Switch’ On Political Ads After Election
Facebook is wary of its platform being used to contest the US election results in November and is reportedly looking for ways to mitigate interference
Zuckerberg Urges Closer Regulation Of Social Media
Social media companies should be regulated as something between a newspaper and a telecommunications firm, Facebook chief tells conference
Google To Restrict Political Adverts Worldwide
Political adverts that target sections of people will no longer be allowed on Google’s platforms worldwide
Civil Rights Activists Meet Zuckerberg, As Facebook Rebrands
Meeting with Facebook boss over political adverts, as social network rebrands itself as FACEBOOK
Twitter Clarifies Rules After Call For Trump Ban
Platform says not in the public interest to remove politicians’ tweets, after Democrat pressure to ban politicians’ tweets
Twitter To Tighten Rules For Politicians
Intended for Trump? Tweets from politicians that break house rules will be hidden behind warning notice
Australian Politicians Hacked By ‘Sophisticated State Actor’
Cyber whodunnit after Prime Minister warns of ‘nation state hack’ of Australian political parties and parliament
China Arrests Two Canadians Following Detention Of Huawei CFO
An entrepreneur and a former diplomat have been taken into custody in China on suspicion of ‘endangering national security’, amidst an increasingly bitter international trade conflict
RSA Conference Puts Politics, Data Protection In The Spotlight
RSA Conference 2019: Following a year of controversies around politics, misinformation, data leaks and massive security breaches, RSA Conference looks to shed light on the issues
Google Chief Sundar Pichai Faces Congressional Hot Seat This Week
In a year of belligerent hearings targeting Facebook and Twitter, Google is now set to come in for its moment of hostile political scrutiny
Information Commissioner Calls For Regulation Of Social Media
A new regulatory body is needed to police social media firms’ ‘very disturbing’ use of personal data for political purposes, Elizabeth Denham tells Parliament
ICO Fines Emma’s Diary £140,000 Over Campaign Data
The pregnancy advice site illegally sold the personal data of one million people to the Labour Party for use in the 2017 General Election
Facebook Deletes Fake Accounts Ahead Of US Elections
Dozens of accounts were involved in ‘coordinated inauthentic behaviour’, but Facebook stops short of saying Russia’s to blame
Cambridge Analytica Parent Worked For Ministry Of Defence
Parent firm SCL had ‘routine access’ to secret government information and worked with the Ministry of Defence on psychological operations, say whistleblower papers
‘Russian’ Fancy Bear State-Backed Hackers Attack US Senate
The Fancy Bear hacking group, best known for infiltrating the DNC, is making efforts to steal information from US political targets and Olympics groups
McAfee Ends Government Source Code Reviews
The US security firm has banned future reviews of its products’ source code by governments amidst growing tension over cyber-espionage
Twitter To Clearly Label Political Adverts
Heightened sensitivity about political interference on social media results in new rules from Twitter
Micro Focus Bans Source Code Reviews By ‘High Risk’ Governments
The company’s move follows HPE’s admission it allowed a Russian military agency to inspect the source code of security tool ArcSight
Additional Google Account Security Aims To ‘Deter Political Hackers’
The programme, aimed at high-profile executives and politicians, is to introduce a secont physical key and block access to data by third-party tools
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich Resigns From Trump’s Advisory Council
Krzanich and two other US chief executives left the American Manufacturing Council over the administration’s response to weekend’s riots
Damian Green Takes Over Government Digital Leadership
Green, the former secretary of state for work and pensions, is to take over as minister for the Cabinet Office from unseated Ben Gummer
Election 2017: Silicon Readers Switch Allegiance And Back Labour
GENERAL ELECTION 2017: Brexit and lack of technology polices see Silicon voters switch from Tories to Labour
Rallying Cries And Brutal Honesty: RSA 2017 Could Signal The Start Of A Security Revolution
IN DEPTH: RSA 2017 and the call to arms for those tasked with keeping our online defences intact
RSA Conference 2017 Gets Political Amidst Election Hack Fallout
ANALYSIS: A look at the strong political focus of day one of RSA Conference 2017 in San Francisco
Facebook Changes Trending Topics After Bias Row
Less human input after accusation that Facebook hid conservative opinions in its Trending news feed
Canonical Urges Remain Vote In Thursday’s Referendum
“Canonical supports the Remain campaign” declares Shuttleworth’s company in last minute referendum plea
‘Register To Vote’ Website Buckles Under Surge Of EU Referendum Voters
But Cameron urges unregistered voters to keep trying as deadline expires
Facebook Denies Blocking Right Wing Political News
Social media giant has been accused of hiding conservative opinions in its Trending Topics news feed
When Cybersecurity And Geopolitics Collide
High-Tech Bridge’s CEO, Ilia Kolochenko wrote, examines the relationship between growing security spending and the increase in hacking attacks globally